As an architect I am here to tell you that designing and preparing drawings for work on your own house is a drag. This isn't news to most architects and it's a topic that I have covered here on Life … [Read more...]
Kate and the Fun Run
Okay, so here's the deal - (this contest fundraiser is now over - please do not contribute but it is interesting to see how things turned out - read on...) My daughter Kate - you know Kate right? … [Read more...]
Remind me … why am I doing this again?
This is a "life" day here on Life of an Architect. I just got off the phone with someone whose name had a vowel to consonant ratio of at least 5:1 ... and my entire head is throbbing (can you have … [Read more...]
An Architect’s tool bag
Architects have their own tools of the trade - many of which are each worthy of getting their own individual attention - but today I felt like going "big-picture" on you. All of the items I list today … [Read more...]
Me + My House = Sucketh
. 1) sucketh (verb) \ˈsək-eth\ : a posh, Shakespearean way of saying "Suck". . By all measurable standards, I am an expert at single family houses and all thing residential. Why? I've lived in them … [Read more...]
Pencils and Architects
The other day I was attempting to clean up my desk a bit and I moved a very large stack of drawings that was laying on top of about 50,000 other things. As I moved the drawings, a bunch of pen's, … [Read more...]